Wisconsin game

[royalfan]

Just want to thank everyone who could be a part of that one again.  One of the best sports memories I will ever have.  Will never forget that amazing day in Lincoln.  Never seen an entire building refuse to lose like that environment.   When Petteway hit that three to go up 9-2 or whatever the place literally exploded.  What an amazing day. 

[kldm64]

Couldn't agree more.  I never thought they would get everyone to stand the entire game but it happened and it made for one of the best games ever in Nebraska Basketball history.

[Section_316]

Think about that game at least once a day… That was unbelievable

[Handy Johnson]

I was lucky enough to watch this game in a bar in Wisconsin while all of the drunken 'Sconies sat there slack jawed in silence. Then they did what all drunken 'Sconies do and started mumbling something about Packer season.

[Handy Johnson]

Oh, BTW it's legal to drink in Wisconsin at any age as long as you're accompanied by a parent. Think about it...

[The_Vault]

Oh, BTW it's legal to drink in Wisconsin at any age as long as you're accompanied by a parent. Think about it...

Can't you do that in Nebraska too? Maybe I'm wrong

[Silverbacked1]

Oh, BTW it's legal to drink in Wisconsin at any age as long as you're accompanied by a parent. Think about it...

Can't you do that in Nebraska too? Maybe I'm wrong

Well yeah until you get caught.

[bobcat402]

 

Oh, BTW it's legal to drink in Wisconsin at any age as long as you're accompanied by a parent. Think about it...

Can't you do that in Nebraska too? Maybe I'm wrong

 

no, that distributing to minors, or negligence...we tried using that excuse in high school...it never worked...one party got busted the kids parents got a count of DTM for every kid there, plus there own children, so like 80 counts or something

[Norm Peterson]

 

 

Oh, BTW it's legal to drink in Wisconsin at any age as long as you're accompanied by a parent. Think about it...

Can't you do that in Nebraska too? Maybe I'm wrong

 

no, that distributing to minors, or negligence...we tried using that excuse in high school...it never worked...one party got busted the kids parents got a count of DTM for every kid there, plus there own children, so like 80 counts or something

 

So, were you at that graduation party in Gretna for Rod Kush's kid?

[huskerbaseball13]

For my sporting experiences I'd rank it right up there with seeing the Huskers in the CWS and getting to see the Huskers in the Rose Bowl even though we did not make it a game.  It was an awesome atmosphere. 

[trickey]

For my sporting experiences I'd rank it right up there with seeing the Huskers in the CWS and getting to see the Huskers in the Rose Bowl even though we did not make it a game.  It was an awesome atmosphere. 

 

I assume you aren't referring to the 1941 Rose Bowl my mother still talks about! A loss to Stanford 21-13.

In any event, I agree with you.

[bobcat402]

 

 

 

Oh, BTW it's legal to drink in Wisconsin at any age as long as you're accompanied by a parent. Think about it...

Can't you do that in Nebraska too? Maybe I'm wrong

 

no, that distributing to minors, or negligence...we tried using that excuse in high school...it never worked...one party got busted the kids parents got a count of DTM for every kid there, plus there own children, so like 80 counts or something

 

So, were you at that graduation party in Gretna for Rod Kush's kid?

 

nah, heard about that one tho, no this was in papillion the exact number could be off, but i do remember the wrestling coach'(who was also the history) found out the next morning from other students that his son was involved and hadn't told him, and came to our homeroom class an pulled him out of class by his ear (hilarious) the next morning, and there were at least 30-40 that i know of in my class, as well as underclassmen

[Handy Johnson]

Hopefully our run of Top 4 finishes will someday rival the Badgers. Hey there was a time when they weren't much to talk about either... GBR!

[TourneyBound]

Best Nebraska sporting event I have ever been too!!!! Gives me goosebumps every time I think about it!!!

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[meerkat68901]

That Wisconsin game was easily the most exciting game I've ever attended!

 

On a side note, you are allowed to drink in your own residence even as a minor in Nebraska.

[AuroranHusker]

Hopefully our run of Top 4 finishes will someday rival the Badgers. Hey there was a time when they weren't much to talk about either... GBR!

 

True dat. Tim Miles and Bo Ryan share many positive traits in common in their coaching of the college game.

[Handy Johnson]

I like to dream that Miles will be our Adolf Rupp and that someday people will say, "Remember when Nebraska was a Football school?"

[trickey]

I like to dream that Miles will be our Adolf Rupp and that someday people will say, "Remember when Nebraska was a Football school?"

 

I would rather dream about someday people will say "Remember when Nebraska was just a football school and now they have won the CWS, the Final Four and the FBS playoffs!"

[hhcmatt]

It was easily the most electric game of the Pinnacle Bank Arena Era....did any from the Devaney Center Era equal or surpass it?

[uneblinstu]

It was easily the most electric game of the Pinnacle Bank Arena Era....did any from the Devaney Center Era equal or surpass it?

I didn't go to many games before the turn of the century, but none that I attended did, at least not for the duration. There were some moments, though. The game vs. KU when they went crazy from 3 and hit 18 of them got pretty loud, but we lost that game. The first half vs. KSU after the Texas upset was pretty raucous but not nearly on the Wisconsin level.  I didn't get to games in the golden years, there may have been some games in there that were pretty crazy. There is certainly some footage I've seen that would suggest that.

[Daledangdarn]

It was easily the most electric game of the Pinnacle Bank Arena Era....did any from the Devaney Center Era equal or surpass it?

 

I'm not sure if it was my first Nebraska game I ever went to, but it is the first one I remember.  It was the 92-93 season and I was eight years old. 

 

I remember Devaney being absolutely packed and we were way up on the wooden bleachers crowded in.  KU was coming into the game ranked like 3rd or something and we beat them, it was awesome seeing as a kid.

[49r]

Some of the KU games in the 90's and the Michigan State game from the same era were pretty damned electric.

 

During the height of the Nee era, Devaney could get pretty lit up.  (I mean the building, not the coach, but I suppose maybe both would apply...)

[Handy Johnson]

We knocked off  a top 10 Sooners squad with Daryl Kennedy during the '86 season. That was Nee's first year, and hinted at what was to come. The place went apes**t because we rarely hung with teams like that, let alone beat them. But this year I can say with a straight face we WILL compete for a B1G Title... 

[OurDecay]

It was easily the most electric game of the Pinnacle Bank Arena Era....did any from the Devaney Center Era equal or surpass it?

I had season tickets from 1993-1998, and also went to a bunch of games in the 1990-1992 years...in my mind, the Wisconsin game at PBA far surpassed any of those games in terms of atmosphere.  The reasons for that are expectations & stakes.  Frankly, in my opinion our basketball fans have never been more hungry for success and hope than they were this last year.

 

During the Nee era, NU sustained a high level of success...going to multiple NCAA tournaments, etc.  But we hadn't exactly been "bad" prior to that.  I think it is worth reminding people that in a 19-season span from 1980-1981 to 1998-1999, Nebraska:

• Had 17 winning seasons in 19 years (.591 winning percentage)
• Went to 15 post-season tournaments in 19 years (6x NCAA, 9xNIT).  While they went 0-6 in the NCAA, they also went 19-9 in the NIT, three times making it to New York, and winning the NIT in 95-96.
• Went .500 or better in conference play 12 of the 19 seasons.
• Had eight (8) 20-win seasons.
• Had an average RPI of 57.2 during that span, and an average SOS of 44.6.  NU had a top-55 RPI twelve (12) times.

The following era of dispair, of course, started in the last year of the Nee Era (1999-2000).  In the 14 seasons from the start of that season thru the end of last year, Nebraska:

• Had only 6 winning seasons in 14 years.
• Went to only 5 post-season tournaments in 14 years (all NIT).  They have gone 3-5 in those games.
• Went .500 or better in conference play only ONCE (8-8 in 2008-2009) in 14 seasons.
• Had one (1) 20-win season (2007-2008).
• Had an average RPI of 112.1 during that span, and an average SOS of 60.7.  NU only had one top-80 showing in the RPI...#74 in 2008-2009.

THAT is the backdrop and context for the 2013-2014 season.  To say that our fans were "hungry" for success would be an understatement.  You saw that all come pouring out during that Wisconsin game.

 

To find an equivalent relevant to NU, I'd have to go to football.  I was a student at NU from 1993-1998, and the crowd with NU in 1993 & 1994 was much different (better) than it was even in 1995-1997.  Because our fans flipped from hunger and desperation into expectation.  People grumbled in the stands during those seasons, and we were winning national titles.  I actually think the best equivalent in football might be the 1992 night game vs. Colorado...which as it turned out signaled the start of a new era for the football program.  That is maybe the loudest NUFB crowd I've ever experienced.  The fans were hungry.

 

Back to NUBB, I think fans let expectations detract from their emotions and fervor in the Nee era.  And under Collier and Sadler, I think fans never got the sense that we were truly building anything as a program, so even those stray upset wins sort of felt fleeting like fool's gold.

 

The Wisconsin game felt like a step on a flight of stairs towards a new place that NU basketball has never been.

 

Just my (long) take.

[HB]

Good historical post, Decay. The stat that jumps out to me is this: ONE season at .500 or better in 14 years. Wow. That says it all in the futility category.